-- On June 24, Monkeytown will release Pearls & Embarrassments: 2000-2010, a career-spanning collection from the Berlin electronic producer Siriusmo. The double-disc collection features 42 tracks, eight of them previously unreleased.

-- The McTells were an 80s British noise-pop band who self-released a few cassettes. Captured Tracks have worked with frontman Paul Rixon to reissue their first two cassettes. The reissues are limited to 250 copies each, and a vinyl and CD reissue campaign is on the way.